I am glad your tree has blossomed. I grew up near Moorpark, CA where the former Williams Ranch hosted acres and acres of Moorpark Apricot trees. That is long since gone and now filled with thousands of homes ironically called "Peach Hill" (I never could figure that out). When I was 5 years old I went to the Williams Ranch with my family to pick apricots. They were so juicy, big and sweet. I liked them so much my Mom let me plant a seed in the back yard planter (loaded with planter mix). No special preparation! About a year later it was about a foot tall. My Dad transplanted it and staked it up. We made a big berm and filled it up with water and then let a soaker hose sit there overnight on slow drip. It took 5 years for the tree to bear fruit but it was WORTH the wait. It didn't produce every year but rather about every other year. There were no other trees around it. I am sure that had something to do with it's pollination. We had that tree from 1961 to 1978 until they widened the city road and a fire engine sideswiped it!!! DONE! The damage was too traumatic and it was chopped down. We are left with many years of good memories and great fruit. The tree was a fantastic shade tree and beautiful piece of natures work. We had many family events around that old tree. I am now 55 years old and going to start growing a couple of apricot trees for future generations. Thanks for the great posts and memories!

Konrad I was referring to the size of the fruit right after the flowering was done. They were only little small green apricots before they are fell off, the following couple of weeks after flowering.Only three remained to finally ripen into decent size fruit. Yours do look delicious.I guess I have a challenge to get a decent crop off this tree. Thanks for the suggestion Harvestman. I think I will try and plant another apricot tree. What is everyone's spraying regiment for apricot trees? What time of year and what product?

As you're in MA, sounds like Winter Moth, which has become a major pest in the last few years. The worst part of them as a pest is that they seem to prefer flower buds, so they can really decimate a crop. http://www.umassgreeninfo.org/fact_sheets/defoliators/wm_id_man.html This is the first time I've been fairly aggressive with them and it's been working pretty well. A couple sprays with BT early on helped keep the population down and as soon as petal fall occurred, a follow-up with Triazacide and another 7 days later seems to have done the trick. Dormant spray isn't very effective as you noticed the threads. When they hatch, if they don't find any food on their host trees, they spin a thread and ride the wind until they do. I had a lot of trouble getting some new cherry trees established last year because of this. They seem particularly fond of apples, plums, tart cherries, blueberries and pears. Sweet cherries they don't seem to like as much and they haven't bothered my peaches, hardy kiwi, figs, raspberries or paw paw.

I doubt the Bermuda did it. Apricots don't do well in SoCal -- that's where you are. Right?